Minn. teen who fled to avoid chemo treatment undergoes last radiation session, is cancer-freeNovember 7th, 2009 more images
more imagesMinnesota teen who fled chemo now cancer-freeMINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment. Daniel Hauser of Sleepy Eye underwent his final radiation session Friday, and his family says the 13-year-old is cancer-free.
Facial structure can predict propensity to aggressionNovember 3rd, 2009 TORONTO - Angry words and gestures are not the only way to get a sense of how temperamental a person is. A quick glance at someone's facial structure may be enough for us to predict their tendency towards aggression, according to the latest research.
Exercise with a friend if you want to lose more weightOctober 27th, 2009 LONDON - Heading to the gym? Well, don't forget to take along your friend, for a new study has claimed that exercising with a partner boosts weight loss. To reach the conclusion, Professor Shiriki Kumanyika and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, conducted the two-year trial.
New survey shows 1 in 5 kids had flu-like illness this month, most of it probably swine fluOctober 22nd, 2009 CDC: 1 in 5 kids had flu-like illness this monthATLANTA — About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month — and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey.
Organizers say Minn. town's collective get-healthy effort has added years to residents' livesOctober 14th, 2009 Minn. town gets healthy, adds longevity, togetherALBERT LEA, Minn. — Hardware store owner and heart attack survivor Leo Aeikens spent most of his life with a hankering for meat, cheese and ice cream.
Organizers say Minn. city's collective get-healthy effort has added years to residents' livesOctober 14th, 2009 Minn. city's get-healthy effort called a successALBERT LEA, Minn. — Hardware store owner and heart attack survivor Leo Aeikens spent most of his life with a hankering for meat, cheese and ice cream.
Gifts, greeting cards 'can support mentally-ill'October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Sending cards and gifts to friends and family suffering with mental health problems may aid their recovery, say experts. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, cards and gifts were a simple way to support people with mental illness.
Prosecutor: 100-year woman strangled in Mass. nursing homeOctober 7th, 2009 100-year-old woman strangled in Mass. nursing homeBOSTON — A 100-year-old woman who was found dead last month in a Massachusetts nursing home had been strangled.
Avoid rushing to emergency room if you think you have 'swine flu'September 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Health-care officials are urging people who fear that they are experiencing the symptoms of swine flu-dizziness, headache, and sore throat with a running nose-not to head to hospital emergency rooms immediately. They fear that many people panicked by thoughts of H1N1 flu will do just that, and overtax emergency departments' abilities to care for the large number of patients, when there are more chances that their illnesses could be best treated at home.
Two more die of suspected food poisoning in OrissaSeptember 23rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two more people died of suspected food poisoning Wednesday in Orissa's Kandhamal district, raising to 10 the death toll in last weekend's contaminated food tragedy, health authorities said here. Two people died at Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College and Hospital at Berhampur.
After mass funeral, teen brother of Ga. mobile home slayings suspect declares he is innocentSeptember 5th, 2009 Teen says brother innocent in Ga. mobile home caseTOWNSEND, Ga.
Days after Kennedy's death, Kerry plans Mass. town hall meeting on health careSeptember 2nd, 2009 Kerry plans health care meeting in MassachusettsBOSTON — Sen. John Kerry is holding a town hall meeting in Massachusetts on the health care overhaul about a week after the death of Edward Kennedy, a champion of the bill.
Family, friends may affect breast cancer surgery decisionSeptember 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that about 75 percent of women newly diagnosed with breast cancer are accompanied by a friend or family member during their first visit to a surgeon and that person plays a major role in the patient's decision of what type of surgery to have. In the study, the researchers looked at factors affecting a woman's choice between a mastectomy to remove the entire breast or breast-conserving surgery, which involves removing only the tumor and is followed by radiation treatments.
Mental health stigma damaging to careerAugust 31st, 2009 LONDON - A shocking 92 percent of the British public believes that admitting mental illness is damaging to one's career. The three careers most damaged were doctors (56 percent), emergency services (54 percent) and teachers (48 percent).
Richard Egan, former ambassador to Ireland, EMC data storage firm co-founder, dies in BostonAugust 29th, 2009 Ex-Ireland envoy, EMC chairman Egan dies in BostonBOSTON — Richard Egan, who rose from street kid to the U.S. ambassador to Ireland after making millions of dollars founding data storage giant EMC Corp., died Friday after a battle with lung cancer.
